I have the honor to be, With the highest respect,

My Lord Jake, your Grace's,

"Most obedient,

bul.

A 8.1

Annible Servant

Wm Jenesis .

Ir Reel.

be invine

ngay trong trong

A Bill is drawn and

184 ready

mediately introduced into Parliament

for so far modifying the Passengers Art as

to era lake vessels to sail

from Hong Kong

with Passengers at the rate of

19)

feet rule of

ed

by

instead

of

one to 12

of

arre

to

Query

one to Every 15 feet. The

feet has long been estatalist.

the Indian four

:ernment for Coolies

Going from India to the West Indies, and a very large experience in chat case shong presumption that ete space is

of

affords

Vessels sailing

sufficient. In the ease from Chinese Porto, some have allowed.

15 feet for each Passenger and others only

12

on this n

May age

has been

The experience too hinton to carrant general conclusions

but it

orang!

mayy

be remarked that

the hands host ship of all was one which

allowed only

there is

12

fict to each Passenger.

Now whilst in the Chinese Parts

restriction on the number which

Versate could carry, they could not sail from so Hong except under the Britials Aes which for the present requires 15. fees.

ce between 12 and 15 feet is

The differer

ext in aten

by practical persons to make a

defference of £2 or £3

a head to the

i

sxpince

of

McElliot

5 cm/57

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